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SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoThere is a BIG difference between what you can do and what you should do.
We have ZERO understanding on the long term effects this new technology will have on our civilization.
Why is everybody so eager to go “all in”?
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 3 weeks ago
We have zero understanding of the long term effect of any new tech on our civilization
But we know those who adopt early and gain mastery quickly are set up better for success in the future.
Every time.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Not understanding sparrows role in the game caused the Four Pests campaign. MILLIONS DEAD.
The ecological repercussions translated into a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportions. The absence of sparrows, which traditionally kept locust populations in check, allowed swarms to ravage fields of grain and rice. The resulting agricultural failures, compounded by misguided policies of the Great Leap Forward, triggered a severe famine from 1958 to 1962. The death toll from starvation during this period reached 20 to 30 million people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign#Consequ…
Womble@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We also didnt understand how the internet would change the world, still went ahead with it. We didnt understand how computers would change the world, still went ahead with it, we didnt understand how the steam engine would change the world… etc etc.
No one can know how a new invention will change things, but you are not going to be able to crush human’s innate creativity and drive to try new things. Sometimes those things are going to be a net negative and that’s bad, but the alternative is to insist nothing new is tried and thats A bad and B not possible.
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 3 weeks ago
Yeah let’s abandon all tech and return to god or something.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Is what I said, “let’s abandon” is what you said.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Sort of like what the tobacco industry did? Hide the truth under corporate profits?
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 3 weeks ago
Ai gave me cancer lol. You’re conflating being a product of a new system vs being a pioneer in using a new system.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Are there any long term effects from that?